Capital Projects

These projects will provide funding to organizations and events that work with and for our community.

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• APCC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community-based organization formed in 1996 to bridge communities and generations through arts, culture, education, and business. APCC is finalizing its fundraising efforts to build an 18,500 sq ft two-story building in Tacoma in place of the old South Park Community Center owned by Metro Parks Tacoma – to include a large event room with a capacity of over 350 people, classrooms, offices, commercial/teaching kitchen, art gallery, library, and gift shop.

 

APCC is approved and listed on the Governor's budget for $1,080,000 under the Commerce Building Community Fund.  We are urging the Legislature to support the full approved allocation for APCC for the State Dept of Commerce Building Communities Fund already allotted for APCC.  We are also urging the Legislature to please support a legislative ask of $2 million to help APCC with rising costs of construction due to present inflation costs.  Sign in with written testimony to support the APCC!

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• UTOPIA’s Mapu Maia Clinic serves as a trusted, culturally aligned, free healthcare resource for Pacific Islanders in the LGBTQI community. The Mapu Maia Clinic provides resources for substance use and mental health services, including prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services. The clinic has served the community since the outbreak of the pandemic and has provided healthcare needs and services to community members through trusted partnerships and volunteer efforts of healthcare providers and organizations. 

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In partnership with other health care providers, the Mapu Maia Clinic currently operates a once-a-month pop-up event to provide some of its health care and support services. We are requesting $700,000 from the Washington State Legislature to enable UTOPIA the physical capability to establish a fully functional drop-in clinic that operates weekly and after-hours to meet the needs of the community members with a diverse range of substance use and mental health related services. Sign in with written testimony to support the Mapu Maia Clinic!

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• The Indian American Community Services (IACS) Community Center in Kent will be an inclusive, safe space in the heart of Kent's small business district where the community can find resources and support services for all age groups while also accessing vocational training, digital literacy, technical assistance for small businesses, free legal and mental health services, early learning and developmental screening along with programming for health and wellness, youth support services, inter-generational activities and opportunities to connect as a community. The center will also participate in the city and county’s culinary network to empower the culinary and food delivery businesses. APIC supports the IACS's request for $2 million for their community center in Kent. 

 

IACS has raises 50% of the cost of purchasing the center and is now requesting additional state, county and federal funding for our capital improvements in order to make the space operational. We are requesting $2,000,000 from the state legislature to support this project.

HB 1025: Access to Fairness

For families and survivors of police misconduct. Civil litigation serves a valuable function for families and other victims of police violence. Currently, there is a gap in what type of remedy and relief can be brought to state court and this proposal authorizes civil suits for violations of state constitutional rights for police misconduct.

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SB 5109/HB 1095: Unemployment Benefits for Undocumented Workers

Address the structural exclusions built into the unemployment system by building a permanent, separate unemployment system that provides benefits to undocumented workers, creating a social safety net to help around 150,000 Washington residents and their families.

 

HB 1075 & HB 1477: Working Families Tax Credit

Technical fixes legislation to improve equity and access to the WFTC program and expansion legislation to provide greater benefit to a larger number of households in Washington State by expanding eligibility to all those 18 years of age and older.

 

SB 5112: Secure Automatic Voter Registration

Washington can improve our Automatic Voter Registration system by moving to a back-end system where citizens will be automatically registered or have their registration updated, also eliminating chances of human error that could result in non-citizens being asked about registering to vote.

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SB 5082/HB 1158 Eliminating Advisory Votes

The legislature has the opportunity to remove confusing and non-binding advisory votes from the ballot, making it more accessible to new voters and voters with limited English proficiency, also saving state time, money and admin.